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Thomas Hampson, Renée Fleming, Joyce DiDonato, Anthony Roth Costanzo Headline Aspen Music Festival 2026

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(Photo credits: chrissinger, Eccles, Gonz, Placek) The Aspen Music Festival and School announces its 2026 season. This article only features opera-related events. Thomas Hampson and pianist Myra Huang give a recital. The program will be announced in April. Performance Date: July 2, 2026 Key’mon W. Murrah solos in Jake Heggie’s “Earth 2.0” (AMFS co-commission). James Gaffigan conducts the Aspen Chamber {…}
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Alan Flecther Steps Down from Aspen Music Festival & School

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The Aspen Music Festival and School has announced that President and CEO Alan Fletcher will transition out of his role in 2027. Fletcher will become the President Emeritus after more than two decades of leadership. In a statement, Fletcher said, “As we enter the third year of our 75th Anniversary celebrations in 2026, I have proposed to our Board leadership {…}
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Aspen Music Festival and School Announces ’25 Season: ‘Concerning the Spiritual in Art’

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Aspen Music Festival and School has announced its 2025 season of performances, titled “Concerning the Spiritual in Art.’”Drawing inspiration from the Kandinsky novel of the same name, the season is set to feature nearly 200 public events which explore a number of spiritual and personal themes. Here is a breakdown of the classical vocal performances on offer. Renowned soprano Renee {…}
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Aspen Music Festival Partners with Apple Music Classical, Carnegie Hall+ & medici.tv

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The Aspen Music Festival is teaming up with medici.tv, Apple Music Classical, and Carnegie Hall+ for its 75th anniversary season this summer. As part of the partnership, medici.tv will webcast five events between July 10 through 14, including a concert featuring mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor as she takes on “Neruda Songs” by Peter Liebersen. Meanwhile, Apple Music Classical will curate playlists {…}
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Renée Fleming & Will Liverman Headline Aspen Music Festival & School’s 75th Anniversary Season

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(Photo credit: Andrew Eccles & Jaclyn Simpson) The Aspen Music Festival and School has announced its 75th anniversary season. This article features vocal performances only. Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS Co-Artistic Director Renée Fleming and opera director Peter Sellars coach the program’s major emerging talents in arias and scenes. Performance Dates: June 29 & July 13, 2024 Soprano Renée Fleming, {…}
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Sasha Cooke, Rodrick Dixon, Kelley O’Connor, & Matthew Polenzani Lead Aspen Music Festival 2023 Summer Livestreams

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The 2023 Aspen Music Festival has released its livestream lineup. All livestreamed performances are free and will be available on the AMFS virtual stage website. This article will focus solely on vocal performances. LA Opera’s James Conlon leads Sasha Cooke and Rodrick Dixon in “Conlon Conducts Mendelssohn, Mahler.” Cooke and Dixon present Mahler’s “Das Lied von der Erde.” Performance Date: July {…}
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Aspen Music Festival 2023 to Star Angel Blue, Ana María Martinez, Renée Fleming, Sasha Cooke

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(Credit: Svetlana Pasedko) Aspen Music Festival & School has announced its 2023 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal performances. There will be several editions of the “Opera Encounters” throughout the season. The showcase features the Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS faculty leading emerging talents in opera scenes, musical theater, and art songs. {…}
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Renée Fleming, Sir Bryn Terfel, Rod Gilfry Headline Aspen Music Festival & School’s 2022 Season

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Photo by Andrew Eccles The Aspen Music Festival and School has announced the schedule for its 2022 showcase. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be solely on vocal and operatic performances. Soprano Renée Fleming and baritone Rod Gilfry will kick off the festival with a performance of Kevin Puts’ “The Brightness of Light.” The concert, which will {…}
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Obituary: Aspen Music Festival Opera Program Director Edward Berkeley Dies at 76

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On July 18, Aspen Music Festival and School opera program director Edward Berkeley died unexpectedly. The 76-year-old was found unresponsive by a colleague at home in Aspen according to the Aspen Police Department and the Pitkin County Coroner’s office. No cause of death was determined at this time. The news came hours before the opening night performance of “The Magic {…}

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